IDW PUBLISHING FOR DECEMBER

FIRST LOOKS -- UPDATED!

For covers and two to seven-page previews of upcoming titles, CLICK HERE.

Titles include First Born #2 from Top Cow Productions; Sonic the Hedgehog #180 and Betty & Veronica Digest #178 from Archie Comics; and New Warriors #5 and Thunderbolts #117 from Marvel Comics.

SMALLVILLE: "FIERCE"

Eva Marcille, winner of America's Next Top Model, will guest-star in "Fierce," the Thursday, Oct. 11 episode of Smallville on The CW.

Here's how the network describes the episode:

"Kara (Laura Vandervoort) desperately wants to make friends and fit in on Earth, but Clark (Tom Welling) tells her to keep a low profile until she can get her powers under control. Despite his warnings, when the 'Miss Sweet Corn' beauty pageant comes around, Kara signs up and meets the competition -- Tyler (Eva Marcille), Carly (Elisa King) and Tempest (Christine Chatelain) -- three meteor-infected vixens who plan to use their powers to steal a treasure map to the hidden Smallville time capsule. After Tyler witnesses Kara using her powers, the girls pretend to be her friends, but are really planning to use her for their devious plan."

"Fierce" was written by Holly Harold and directed by Whitney Ransick.

BIONIC WOMAN: "PARADISE LOST"

NBC has released six images from "Paradise Lost," the Wednesday, Oct. 10 episode of Bionic Woman.

LEGION/THE BATMAN SEASON OPENERS

Kids' WB! has provided The Continuum nine more images from the season openers of Legion of Super Heroes and The Batman on Saturday.

The first part of the two-part "The Man From the Edge of Tomorrow" episode of Legion of Super Heroes will air at 11 a.m. (ET).

The first part of the two-part "The Batman/Superman" episode of The Batman will air at 11:30 a.m.

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THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN UPDATE

Kids' WB! has provided The Continuum a look at the designs for Spider-Man and Peter Parker for its upcoming The Spectacular Spider-Man animated series.

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In other Spectacular Spider-Man news:

* Kath Soucie is providing the voice of Martha Connors, the wife of Dr. Curt Connors. Soucie's recent credits include Hellboy: Blood and Iron, Danny Phantom and Ben 10. In 1989, she provided the voice of Kitty Pryde in the "Pryde of the X-Men" animated pilot.

* Heroes' Ali Larter was a guest on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday.

Larter was promoting her new movie, Resident Evil: Extinction, which opens on Friday.

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* Fox has released a promotional image from the Sunday, Sept. 30 season opener of American Dad.

In "The Vacation Goo," when Francine discovers that all their family vacations have been artificial memories created by the CIA, she demands a real vacation, but when it seems too good to be true, she causes the family to suffer the consequences.

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COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES

In case you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, here are some links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.